AgustaWestland Scam: Delhi High Court Reserves Order On Christian Michel's Plea To Modify Bail Conditions In ED Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved order on a plea filed by British Arms Counsultant Christian James Michel seeking modification of bail conditions in the FIR registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper scam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved the order after hearing the counsels appearing for Michel and ED and said that a detailed...

Delhi High Court Refers Dispute Between 'The Emergency' Author, Netflix And Manikarnika Films To Mediation

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday referred to mediation a dispute between Coomi Kapoor- senior journalist and author of the book “The Emergency: A Personal History”, Manikarnika Films and Netflix over alleged breach of contract and damaging her reputation. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora referred the matter to mediation and asked the parties to see if the issue can be settled.The Court...

Delhi High Court Closes TV Today's Plea Against Misuse Of Deepfake, Asks It To Give Suggestions To Centre's Committee

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition filed by TV Today, which owns Aaj Tak and India Today news channels, highlighting the misuse of deepfake.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked TV Today to give its suggestions to the Committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy), which is examining the...

Delhi High Court Reserves Verdict On Plea By 'The Wire' Against Summoning Order Passed In Ex-JNU Professor's Defamation Complaint

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 7) reserved its verdict on pleas moved by Foundation of Independent Journalism–which runs the media platform 'The Wire' and its editor Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprastha challenging an order summoning them on a criminal defamation case filed by former JNU professor Amita Singh. Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Shadan Farasat argued, "This is...

Rights Of Lawful Residents Have Precedence Over Persons Who Encroach Upon Public Land: Delhi High Court Permits Demolition Drive

The Delhi High Court has held that individuals who erect unauthorized structures and encroach upon public land cannot be permitted to assert their purported rights in priority of other citizens.While hearing an application against demolition drive to clear encroachments blocking the city's Taimoor Nagar Drain, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Manmeet Pritam Singh...

Ad-Hoc Arbitrator Can Grant Interest U/S 16 Of MSMED Act, Even If Reference Was Not Made To MSME Council: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh held that an ad-hoc arbitrator (appointed under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996) is empowered to grant interest rate contemplated under Section 16 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, even if the reference was not made to the MSME Facilitation Council for resolving...

Penalty U/S 122(1A) Of CGST Act Can Be Imposed On Both Taxable And Non-Taxable Person: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the penalty for GST evasion contemplated under Section 122(1A) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017, can be imposed on 'any person'— whether taxable or non-taxable.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta thus differed from the Bombay High Court's decision in Amit Manilal Haria V. The Joint Commissioner of CGST &...

Take Concrete Decision So That No Student Is Excluded From CLAT Due To Language Barrier: Delhi High Court To Consortium Of NLUs

The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to take a concrete decision so that no student giving Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) entrance examination is excluded due to language barrier. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a public interest litigation seeking a direction that CLAT...

School Can't Deny Transfer Certificate To Child On Grounds Of Parents Having Matrimonial Dispute: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a school cannot deny transfer certificate to a child merely because the parents have ongoing matrimonial or guardianship dispute. “…the school cannot deny the issuance of Transfer Certificate (TC) to the child who has sought admission in other school. In the event of delay in issuance of Transfer Certificate, even a disciplinary action can be...

Delhi High Court Seeks AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's Response On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Anticipatory Bail

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by the prosecution seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan over an alleged attack on a Delhi Police team at Jamia Nagar.Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought response of Khan and listed the matter for hearing on August 27. Khan was granted anticipatory bail by Rouse Avenue Courts in February. He...

Delhi HC Orders Centre To Pay ₹1.76 Crore For Illegal Occupation Of Private Property For Two Decades, Says Right To Property Is Sacrosanct

The Delhi High Court has held that prolonged illegal occupation of private property by government authorities is unconstitutional and that State power cannot override property rights.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav emphasized, “Executive overreach beyond the four corners of the law must be met with constitutional censure, for when the protector of rights becomes the violator, the very...

Delhi High Court Stays Interim Order In Favour Of Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar In Copyright Infringement Suit Against AR Rahman

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed an interim injunction order granted in favour of veteran Indian classical singer Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in his suit alleging copyright infringement of his “Shiva Stuti” composition by music composer A.R. Rahman and other producers in Tamil film Ponniyan Selvan 2 song "Veera Raja Veera.”A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar...